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Antonio M. Rosell, P.E., AICP

Director

The choices we make when we design and build our cities determine the future opportunities and quality of life they offer their residents.

The purpose of my work, of our work at CDG, is to help create inviting, interesting, humane and convivial places and spaces that respond to people's needs and aspirations, that foster interaction and connection between us, and build human capital, prosperity, health and happiness.

Antonio Rosell is founder and Director of Community Design Group (CDG), a consulting firm specializing in bicycle and pedestrian planning, placemaking and urban design, and community engagement. In 2015, he was recognized as "Minnesota Planner of the Year" by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association.

An Urban Planner and Civil Engineer with twenty five years of professional experience, Antonio integrates innovation and best-practices in Active Transportation, community design, and citizen participation to facilitate community learning, consensus-building and project implementation. He has led numerous sustainable mobility planning, design and community engagement projects in Minnesota and neighboring states, and also internationally in Mexico and Peru.

Antonio serves as Principal-In-Charge in all CDG projects, and also leads trainings for engineers, planners and other design professionals on pedestrian and bicycle transportation topics. He also serves as Adjunct Professor in the Urban and Regional Planning Program of the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School, where he teaches a graduate course on sustainable transportation.

Walking and Biking Through Minnesota Winters: Recommendations and Best Practices for Encouraging Year-Round Non-Motorized Transportation, Midwest District Conference of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (MWITE), Minneapolis, June 2010

Walking and Biking Through Minnesota Winters, Professional Development Seminar for North Central Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (NCITE) and Bike Walk Twin Cities, May 21 2010

Designing for Pedestrians and Cyclists, Professional Development Seminar for North Central Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (NCITE) and Bike Walk Twin Cities, May 5 2010

Criterios de Movilidad Sustentable [Principles of Sustainable Mobility], CTS-México and Municipality of Aguascalientes, Mexico, February 2010